Zhang Guoyu from China -2013 admission

It’s my second year since I became a student of Kyoto University, and I would like to share my experience with you about my second semester as a sophomore.

I like J-pop and especially Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and Perfume from producer Nakata Yasutaka, so I went to Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s concert on October with my friend. It’s very interesting and she was so attractive that everyone in the stadium dancing with her.

From the end of December, the holidays started, and it’s also my second new year in Japan. I went traveling in Chūgoku region in Japan. Mainly I went to sightseeing spots like Tottori Sand Dunes in Tottori Prefecture, Izumo Shrine in Shimane Prefecture, Kintaikyo, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Miyajima, Itsukushima Shrine, and Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima Prefecture. From my traveling, I understand better of Japan through many different and similar points comparing with my country. One of the most interesting things is that the idea of Kintaikyo Bridge in Japan came from another bridge of the same name in West Lake, Hangzhou, China, where I grew up. These two bridges became friendly bridge in 2004 and if you went to Hangzhou, you could see a curved stone showed it. Also I find it became different when I observed bridge in a civil engineering student’s point of view.

In the final day of 2014, I ate Japanese food of New Year, Osechi, Sushi and fried chicken with my friends, and we watched the annual music show Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
Thanks to this program, I had unique and wonderful two years in Japan.
As the second year in Japan passed , my new adventure in Japan is coming, and I believe my classmates and I will become better and enjoy our lives in Japan.